Manure-distributer



(No ModeL) A. J. GRADY.

MANUEL DISTRIBUTER.

No. 264,279. Patented Sept.-12, 1882.

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ANDREW J. GRADY, OF PEGATONIGA, ILLINOIS.

MANURE-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent I\To. 264,279, datedSeptember 12, 1882. Application filed April 17, 1882. (No model.)

To all w'homt't may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW J. GRADY, ofPecatonica, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and Im proved Manure-Distributer, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to manure-distributers; and it consists in thepeculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter morefully set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improvedmanure-distributer. Fig. 2 is a plan view with a part broken out. Fig. 3is a detail of the hand-gear for operating the bottom of the wagon.

H represents the sectional bottom of the wagon, the sections beingjoined together at a and provided with rollers b, which are arranged inthe ways (I along the sides of the wagon-body, as shown by dotted linesat the right hand and full lines at the left hand of Fig. 1, said waysextending downward at the rear and forward under the truck to the suspending-rods e and barf, for a space to receive the bottom H when beingmoved out of its normal place, for delivering the load to the toothedrotary distributer J for being discharged upon the ground, the saidbottom being shifted along past the said distributor by the endlesschain G, worked by hand-lever A, and the distributer being operated bythe chain belt 0, drum N, pinion M,and the toothed driver L on one ofthe wagon-wheels. The endless chain G runs over the driving-pulley F andthe guide-pulley P, and is suitably attached to the bottom H for workingit forward and backward. The driver F is worked by the ratchet O, pawlsl,'jointed pawl-levers B, and the said hand-lever A, the latter beingfixed on a pivot at g and connected with levers B by linksB. The shaftof the driving-pulley F is provided with two of the ratohets O, and eachratchet has pawls I and pawl-levers B, one being set to work the chain Gto the left hand for discharging the load and the other for working saidchain to the right hand for returning bottom H after the load has beendischarged. The ratchet wheels are fitted loosely on the shaft, and haveeach a clutch, D, and clutch-lever E, for connecting one or the other,according as the bottom H is to be moved forward or backward.

K represents a feed-board hung on pivots above and a little in advanceof the distributor, to prevent lumps from being thrown over before beingpulverized by causing them to fall back for repeated action byfthcpoints of the distributer.

Q represents the end-board of the bottom H, for confining the end of theload at the front.

Besides the suspending-rods e and beam f mentioned for supporting thefront end of the lower ways, I), said ways are similarly supported atintervals along rearward by other rods, 6, and bearings f. The quantitydistributed can be regulated by the rapidity of the work ing of thehandlever A, which-is subject to the will of the operator, and may bevaried at different times and places as circumstances may require.

In practice the wagon will have a pair of wheels at the front end of thebox, as other wagons have, said wheels being omitted in the drawings forsimplicity.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a nIanure-distribut'er, the combination, with an open-bottomwagon-body provided with ways d in its sides, extending downward at therear and forward under the body nearly to its forward end, of themovable sectional bottom H, provided with end-board Q and means,substantially as described, for operating said bottom, as specified.

2. In a manure-distributer, the combination, with an open-bottom\vagonbody provided with the ways d in its sides, extending downward atthe rear and forward under the body,

the movable sectional bottom H, provided with 9 5 end board Q, and meansfor operating the same, of the distributer J, the chain 0, drum N,pinion M, and the driver L, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. In a manure-distributer, the combination,

with the movable bottom H and endless belt G, of the pulley F, theratchet-Wheels 0, the clutches D, the lever A, levers B, the links B,and pawls I, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The sectional bottom H, jointed together at a, and provided withrollers l), in combination with the Ways at of a manure-wagon, extendeddown the back under and forward along the wagon, substantially asdescribed.

' ANDREW J. GRADY. Witnesses:

G. D. Romans, F. S. BRAINARD,

